Rumi Quotes
Like a sculptor, if necessary, carve a friend out of stone. Realize that your inner sight is blind and try to see a treasure in everyone.
Quotes to Explore
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Politics is the enemy of the imagination.
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I love to walk into Borders or Barnes & Noble and see my books there. It's fabulous.
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Poverty is clearly one source of emotional suffering, but there are others, like loneliness.
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Life in cities is not a spring but a river, or rather, a water main. It progresses like a novel, artificially.
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Politics is the art of the possible.
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In America, unlike England, unlike Israel, unlike Japan, other democracies, we have elections that have staggered terms.
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It's upsetting that it is such a big deal. I wish it weren't an issue all the time. It's funny that people say it's a departure, because I've been acting since I was a child. I've played three gay roles out of hundreds.
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As we all know... golf is a puzzle without an answer.
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Religions cannot change you. If you are angry, you will become an angry Muslim or Hindu. If you are righteous, you will become a righteous Christian or Jew.
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When I'm working in America, I wake up with an American accent and stay with it all day till makeup comes off. I just want everyone to be at ease, and not have the show's creators think, 'Oh my god, he's so English, why did we hire him?'
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I mean, I was first offered Princess Astra.
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I think there's a time to work, and everyone has to kind of adjust. And then there's a time to relax, and be the mom or take the kids on vacation when you need to wind down. So it's a matter of planning, and being able to map out your year or your week or let's start with the day. It is just being multi-tasking and being available.
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There are lots of films I wish stopped at installment number one. I like 'Back to the Future Part II' and 'Part III' enough, but I still like the ending of the first one better.
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The historian is a prophet looking backward.
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I think every teenager feels like a Martian in something, whether it's in their family, I think, or in their school. I think every teenager, every human being has a sense that they don't belong somewhere.
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Could you say 'senator' instead of 'ma'am? It's just a thing. I worked so hard to get that title. I'd appreciate it.
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Scotland's political identity was destroyed, and a huge Scottish emigration to North America followed the brutal Highland clearances. These included every layer of Scottish society, not just the remnants of the defeated clans.
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If you respect a language and culture, it shows in your work.
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I like to have something to base a role on.
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I find it hard to focus looking forward. So I look backward.
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I'm really thankful for every experience I've had, even the ones that were puzzling or disorienting, because they taught me so much.
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The German national character is a favorite subject of character experts, probably because the less mature a nation, the more she is an object of criticism and not of history.
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Whoever finds me finds life, And obtains favor from the Lord; But those who miss me injure themselves; All who hate me love death.
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Like a sculptor, if necessary, carve a friend out of stone. Realize that your inner sight is blind and try to see a treasure in everyone.
